IL10 receptor (IL10R)-deficient mice develop spontaneous colitis and similarly, patients with loss-of-function mutations in IL10R develop severe infant-onset inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Loss of IL10R signaling in mouse and human macrophages is associated with increased production of interleukin 1 beta (IL1B). We demonstrated that innate immune production of IL1B mediates colitis in IL10R-deficient mice. Transfer of Il1r1−/− CD4+ T cells into Rag1−/−/Il10rb−/− mice reduced the severity of their colitis (compared to mice that received CD4+ T cells that express IL1R), accompanied by decreased production of interferon gamma, tumor necrosis factor, and IL17A. In macrophages from mice without disruption of IL10R signaling or from healthy humans (controls), incubation with IL10 reduced canonical activation of the inflammasome and production of IL1B through transcriptional and post-translational regulation of NLRP3. Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and adenosine triphosphate stimulation of macrophages from Il10rb−/− mice or IL10R-deficient patients increased production of IL1B. Moreover, in human IL10R-deficient macrophages, LPS stimulation alone increased IL1B secretion via non-canonical, caspase 8-dependent activation of the inflammasome. We treated 2 IL10-receptor deficient patients with severe and treatment-refractory infant-onset IBD with the IL1 receptor antagonist anakinra. Both patients had marked clinical, endoscopic, and histologic responses after 4–7 weeks. This treatment served as successful bridge to allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in 1 patient. Our findings indicate that loss of IL10 signaling leads to intestinal inflammation, at least in part, through increased production of IL1 by innate immune cells, leading to activation of CD4+ T cells. Agents that block IL1 signaling might be used to treat patients with IBD resulting from IL10R deficiency.
This largest nationwide cohort study of Asian children with HCV infection spanned the last three decades. None of these Japanese children developed cirrhosis or hepatocellular carcinoma. Maternal transmission increased to account for 99% of cases during the last decade. Genotype 2 now is most prevalent in these children. Histopathologically, most children with chronic hepatitis C showed mild fibrosis or none.
BackgroundAlthough deleterious mutations in interleukin-10 and its receptor molecules cause severe infantile-onset inflammatory bowel disease, there are no reports of mutations affecting this signaling pathway in Japanese patients. Here we report a novel exonic mutation in the IL10RA gene that caused unique splicing aberrations in a Japanese patient with infantile-onset of inflammatory bowel disease in association with immune thrombocytopenic purpura and a transient clinical syndrome mimicking juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia.Case presentationA Japanese boy, who was the first child of non-consanguineous healthy parents, developed bloody diarrhea, perianal fistula, and folliculitis in early infancy and was diagnosed with inflammatory bowel disease. He also developed immune thrombocytopenic purpura and transient features mimicking juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia. The patient failed to respond to various treatments, including elemental diet, salazosulfapyridine, metronidazole, corticosteroid, infliximab, and adalimumab. We identified a novel mutation (c.537G > A, p.T179T) in exon 4 of the IL10RA gene causing unique splicing aberrations and resulting in lack of signaling through the interleukin-10 receptor. At 21 months of age, the patient underwent allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation and achieved clinical remission.ConclusionsWe describe a novel exonic mutation in the IL10RA gene resulting in infantile-onset inflammatory bowel disease. This mutation might also be involved in his early-onset hematologic disorders. Physicians should be familiar with the clinical phenotype of IL-10 signaling defects in order to enable prompt diagnosis at an early age and referral for allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.Electronic supplementary materialThe online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12876-016-0424-5) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
Background/Aims: There are few published registry studies from Asia on pediatric inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Registry network data enable comparisons among ethnic groups. This study examined the characteristics of IBD in Japanese children and compared them with those in European children.Methods: This was a cross-sectional multicenter registry study of newly diagnosed Japanese pediatric IBD patients. The Paris classification was used to categorize IBD features, and results were compared with published EUROKIDS data.Results: A total of 265 pediatric IBD patients were initially registered, with 22 later excluded for having incomplete demographic data. For the analysis, 91 Crohn’s disease (CD), 146 ulcerative colitis (UC), and 6 IBD-unclassified cases were eligible. For age at diagnosis, 20.9% of CD, 21.9% of UC, and 83.3% of IBD-unclassified cases were diagnosed before age 10 years. For CD location, 18.7%, 13.2%, 64.8%, 47.3%, and 20.9% were classified as involving L1 (ileocecum), L2 (colon), L3 (ileocolon), L4a (esophagus/stomach/duodenum), and L4b (jejunum/proximal ileum), respectively. For UC extent, 76% were classified as E4 (pancolitis). For CD behavior, B1 (non-stricturing/non-penetrating), B2 (stricturing), B3 (penetrating), and B2B3 were seen in 83.5%, 11.0%, 3.3%, and 2.2%, respectively. A comparison between Japanese and European children showed less L2 involvement (13.2% vs. 27.3%, <i>P</i>< 0.01) but more L4a (47.3% vs. 29.6%, <i>P</i>< 0.01) and L3 (64.8% vs. 52.7%, <i>P</i>< 0.05) involvement in Japanese CD children. Pediatric perianal CD was more prevalent in Japanese children (34.1% vs. 9.7%, <i>P</i>< 0.01).Conclusions: Upper gastrointestinal and perianal CD lesions are more common in Japanese children than in European children.
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